Zack Coppens, a May 2011 graduate from Madison, has been an engineer in one way or another since elementary school. He’s come a long way from making door holders out of paper clips, however. Coppens now prefers exploring the world of rockets and energy research. Read more

A UA research team has received a National Science Foundation Rapid Response Grant for Exploratory Research to investigate and gather data about the damage to, and performance of, woodframe structures in the affected areas due to strong winds. Read more

Three research projects, funded with nearly $13 million, involve University of Alabama scientists studying the feasibility of pumping carbon dioxide into the ground as an alternative to releasing the greenhouse gas into the atmosphere. Read more

Ferosh Jacob, a computer science doctoral student in The University of Alabama College of Engineering, was recently named one of three finalists at the OOPSLA/SPLASH student research competition held in Reno, Nev., earlier this semester. Read more

From high unemployment rates to slow housing sales, it is easy to get caught up in the firestorm of the economic recovery with the media taunting ominous headlines daily. How has the recession affected the engineering industry? As problem solvers, have engineers developed new strategies to cope with the economy?… Read more

Think of how easy it has become to take out your mobile smartphone and capture important photos in just seconds. Now, through the work of a University of Alabama computer scientist and his colleagues, you can utilize that technology to help scientists and researchers build a database of critical images… Read more

With our College being one of the oldest in the state and nation, it is not surprising that some of the engineering buildings are part of the University’s great tradition. We are proud that engineering is still taught is some of the hallowed halls that began engineering on this campus.… Read more